Child&#39;s carriage.



W. P. LAYTON.

CHILD'S CARRIAGE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY16.1914.

1,170,485. Patented Feb. 1, 1916.

WILLIAM r. Lari-ea, or stitched, L'LLINQIS.

CI-IILZDS canniaen.

To all whom mag concern.-

Be it known thatI, WILLIAM-KP. Lafrois,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cool; andState of Illinois, have invented certa nnew and useful Improvements in Childrens Carr iages, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates, particularly to the I arrangement of the hood with reference to the bodyv of the carriage, and to the means for securing the hoodin adjusted position and for limiting its swinging movement.

One of the objects of the-invention is to provide a hood adaptedito swing into operati-ve position at either end ofth'e carriage body and at the same time to avoid the formation of a slot or narrow space between the frame of the vehicle body and the upholstery, such slot having heretofore been commonly provided to receive the swinging support for the hood.

Another object of the invention is to provide simple and effective means for securing the hood in any position within its range of adjustment.

A further object is to provide means in connection with the pivoting and clamping devices for-limiting the pivotal movement of the hood.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1. is a side elevation of a childs carriage embodying the features of my invention; Figj 2 is a detail view of one of the fixtures by means of which the hood is mounted and controlled. Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken in the plane of dotted line 83 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4; is a section on dotted line ldof Fi 2.

F11 the drawings, 1 indicatesthe carriage body and 2 the hood. The body and the hood may be of any suitable form andconstruction. To each side of the hood is secured a fixture such as the one shown in Fig. 2, said fixture comprising a branched arm 3 adapted to be secured to the hood. The lower end of the arm 3 has a non-circular opening 4 therethrough for the reception of a correspondingly-shaped portion 5 of the pivot bolt 6. p

7 indicates a bracket having attaching ears 8, the body of said bracket having an opening 9 therein through which the bolt 6 extends loosely. The head 6 of the bolt lies at the inner side of the bracket 7. Said bracket is cupped to provide an internal tapered friction clamping surface 10, and a Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed ma 16,1914. Serial are. 239,130.

"The attachingears 8 of the .be secured tothe body of the of theears 8 sleeves placed upon the bolts 141F160 constitute stops Patentedheb. l, 1916.

portion of the arm 3 concentric with the bolt 6 is correspondingly cupped to provide acoacting tapered frictional clamping surface 11. a

12 is a wing-nut turned upon the threaded outer end of the bolt 6, and 13 is, a disk or washer interposed between the wing-nut 12 and the cupped end of the arm 3.

bracket 7 may carriage 1 by At the outer side or collars 15 may be means such as bolts l-i.

for engagement by astop lug l6 fixed to the inner side of the arm? a 1 at; in use, the hood 2 may be locked in adjusted position by tightening the wing-nut 12, the washer 18 being thereby forced against the arm 3, and the tapering surface 11 of said arm being forced against the internal tapered surface of the bracket 7. By reason of the relatively large area of frictional contact between the parts 3 and 7, and the leverage due to the use of clamping surfaces located at a material distance from the aXis of oscillation, a very secure and effective locking action is obtained. It will also be noted that the means for pivotally mounting the hood, the means for securing the hood in adjusted position, and the means for limiting the amount of oscillation of the hoodare combined into an unitary structure comprising but few parts.

As indicated in Fig. 1, the aXis 6 of the hood is located approximately midway of the length of the carriage body, so that the hood can be swung into position to shade either end of the carriage body. The child may therefore be placed with its head in either end of the carriage body, as may be preferred, the hood serving effectively to shade the child in either position. By reason of the location of the axis of the hood close to the upper edge of the carriage body and the use of arms 3 lying outside of the carriage body, I have obviated the necessity of providing an elongated narrow space between the carriage body and the upholstery, and as shown by the relative location of the lug 16 and the stops 15, the hood 2 swings below or around either end of the'body so that it does not interfere with access to the interior of the body.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a baby carriage, the combination of a carriage body in which the child may be Copies of this patent may be obtained for placed with its head in either end of the carriage body, a non-foldable hood, means for pivotally connecting the hood to the body, the axis of said connecting means be ing located midway of the length of the carriage body and near the upper edge of the sides of the body, the hood being large enough to swing down beside either end of the carriage body, and stops to limit, such downward swing. I

2; The combination of a hood-supporting arm having a cupped lower end, said lower end having a peripheral tapered friction locking surface, a bracket having attaching ears, fastening devices extending through said ears, the central'portion of the bracket cupped to receive the cupped lower end of said arm, the cupped portion of said bracket having a tapered peripheral frictional looking surface adapted to coact with thesimilar surface of the arm, a pivot bolt extending 'rotatably through said bracket and nonrotatably through said arm, axially of said cupped portions, the head of said bolt lying at the side'of the bracket, a clamping nut on said bolt, a washer between said nut and the cupped portion of said arm, and a stop on said at opposite sides of the pivotal axis of the I arm, and asingle stop onsaid arm arranged to coact with both of the other stopsto limit pivotal movement of said arm in either direction.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto set hand in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM P; LAYTON;

In'the presenceof+ GEORGE L. CHINDAHL, MARGAE T H. MANN.

five cents each, by addressing flies Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, 1).0. s I i 

